SAARC, which stands for “South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation” is made up of a group of south Asian nations and is an organization dedicated to economic, technological, culture and was formed in December 1985. It originally started off with 7 countries but Afghanistan join.....
Ethics in International Business The importance of international business ethics has been rising steadily along with the growth of international business. Technologies like the Internet have made international business all the more viable, and many companies can only find the desirable growth and.....
Globalization expands and accelerates the movement and exchange of ideas and commodities over vast distances. It is common to discuss the phenomenon from an abstract, global perspective, but in fact globalization’s most important impacts are often highly localized. It is a process of intera.....
Amnesty International Amnesty International uncovers the facts about violations and breaches of human rights. The issues may concern individuals or conditions within a particular state, but the organization also pursues various themes, such as the death penalty. Results are published in special r.....
Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations working together with partners and local communities in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. One person in three in the world lives in poverty. Oxfam is de.....
Fair Trade is a social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainable farming. Fair trade is a simple way to make a difference to the lives of the people who grow the things we love. We do this by changing the .....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. The IMF, also known a.....
Multinational Corporation – MNC A corporation that has its facilities and other assets in at least one country other than its home country. A multinational company is one which is incorporated in one country (called the home country); but whose operations extend beyond the home country and .....
World Trade Organization (WTO) The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliament.....
Foreign Market Entry Strategy and Rules A market entry strategy is the intended process of delivering goods or services to a intention market and distributing them there. There are multiplicities of ways in which a business or organization can come into a foreign market. No one market entry strat.....
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) established to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scient.....
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries. This organization works on economic and social development programs, improving human rights and reducing global conflicts. The principal organs of the U.....